High Ping?

Im researching this for my brother.. a big gamer (pc). lately he has been complaining a lot that he is being kicked from many servers due to his high ping.. we never used to have a high ping, and are on a cable modem. We are not downloading anything.. How can we fix this all of a sudden high ping?

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